Rhinella arunco (Molina, 1782)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Rhinella Arunco
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Open encyclopedia reference
Rhinella arunco is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Chile. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Rhinella arunco; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:49:16.956809+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhinella arunco (Molina, 1782)
- Name authority
- (Molina, 1782)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Rhinella
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyBufonidae Gray, 1825
- genusRhinella Fitzinger, 1826
- speciesRhinella arunco (Molina, 1782)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhinella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rhinella alata (Thominot, 1884) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella azarai (Gallardo, 1965) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella beebei (Gallardo, 1965) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella centralis Narvaes & Rodrigues, 2009 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella cerradensis Maciel, Brandão, Campos & Sebben, 2007 | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella chavin (Lehr, Köhler, Aguilar & Ponce, 2001) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella festae (Peracca, 1904) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella fissipes (Boulenger, 1903) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhinella gnustae (Gallardo, 1967) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pleurodema arunco (Molina, 1782) (Molina, 1782) | synonym |
| Bufo arunco arunco (Molina, 1782) (Molina, 1782) | synonym |
| Bufo spinulosus arunco (Molina, 1782) (Molina, 1782) | synonym |
| Chaunus arunco (Molina, 1782) (Molina, 1782) | synonym |
| Phryne chilensis (Tschudi, 1838) (Tschudi, 1838) | synonym |
| Rana arunco Molina, 1782 Molina, 1782 | synonym |
| Rhinella chilensis (Tschudi, 1838) (Tschudi, 1838) | synonym |
| Bufo spinulosus chilensis Tschudi, 1838 Tschudi, 1838 | synonym |
| Bufo chilensis Tschudi, 1838 Tschudi, 1838 | synonym |
| Bufo arunco (Molina, 1782) (Molina, 1782) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=773694 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4S7MD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.